I can't believe this is allowed...

Sparks · 04-05-2005 6:09pm

the object of hunting as a sport is surely not to kill for food but for sport.

Except that hunting's not actually a sport in this country. The vast majority of Irish hunters eat what they shoot.

most meat eaters do not hunt for their food they go to the butchers

Which just means that other people kill for them (often, after the animals involved have led far, far less humane existances until their slaughter, as in the cases of battery chickens, some strains of cattle and so on).

it is also possible to live a normal healthy & long life without ever eating meat.

Only though adhering to a rather demanding diet, which could not be sustained for all six billion of us.

i would hate to see this forum turned into a free for all but perhaps other peoples sensitivities should be taken into account too.

They are. It's a clearly marked thread in a clearly marked forum, it wasn't and isn't being pushed into anyone's face.

Mercury_Tilt · 04-05-2005 9:09pm

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dawballz · 04-05-2005 9:20pm

You call it a sport?
Take on the animals hand to hand, now that would be a sport...
Or maybe you could race them...Hurdles: Mikey vs. Deer... 200Metre Swim: Paddy vs. Salmon...etc etc.

muckwarrior · 04-05-2005 9:43pm

Jesus would ye all shut up already. This debate was settled at least 3 pages ago.

Hunters/Sane People: 1
Whinging Tree Hugging Hippies: 0
:rolleyes:

John · 04-05-2005 10:11pm

DarkPassage wrote:

Sure it was ended three pages ago kiddo, now back to reading guns and ammo one handed, where the REAL debate is taking place it's on it's way to being over ie the ending of hunting once and for all

Yes and then all the world's problems will be solved and we'll live in a peaceful nirvana. Grow up.

Face it, the majority of society has no problem with hunting (whether you class it as a sport or not, I class it as the same thing as growing your own veg). There is nothing morally wrong with killing an animal for food in my eyes. It's a natural process. Hear that? Natural. We have evolved to be omnivores. That means meat is a part of our diet. That's why vegans need to get Vitamin B12 through unnatural methods because meat is the only source.

And there's still nothing wrong with hunter's showing off their handiwork. If you see that as pornography (as your Guns and Ammo statement would suggest you do) then you're the one with the perversion.

John · 05-05-2005 12:05am

DarkPassage wrote:

firstly the majority of society does have a problem with "Hunting", hence the recent banning of foxhunting in the UK , inverted commas because you can't seem to distinguish between hunting and bloodlust. I have no problem with someone truelly hunting, thats the nature of life, and if we have been blessed with the intelligence to create tools to hunt more efficiently so be it, but hunting these days is just about killing, its nothing to do with finding food, its the borderline psychopaths out to kill whatever they can, and when animals aren't enough they turn on their neighbours.

Your ignorance astounds me. The majority of people are against foxhunting because it is a pointless passtime. Foxes do not make a good meal, especially not after being savaged by dogs. And yes this is killing for the sake of killing. But the majority of people would not be against fishing and shooting game. Why? They're not wasteful and cruel for the sake being cruel.

A deer with a clean shot to the head however provides many nice pieces of venison. The majority of Irish hunters do not hunt foxes on horseback with dogs, they hunt edible animals with a rifle and eat their prey like all good hunters do. I don't hunt but I know someone who does and they rarely go to the supermarket to buy stuff for dinner because he grows his own vegetables and hunts his own meat. That is hunting in my book.

The Corinthian · 05-05-2005 12:34am

Girls, take it to the Humanities or Politics forum. This is the Feedback forum and a question was asked and I suspect it's been repeatedly answered. If people want a soapbox go to the relevant forums. Seriously.